Great beginnings to songs

**Stu Gotz** · 09-13-2004, 11:27 AM

Out at a bar with a couple a friends. After 4 or ten beers, we get to arguing about great intros to songs. The bar we were at has a great juke box and we would argue, then listen to the nominated song. The songs didn't have to be the greatest, just have some sweet intro. riffs and whatnot.

We came up with these songs (in no particular order) -

Sweet Emotion - Aerosmith
Magic Man - Heart
Immigrant Song - Led Zepplin
Money - Pink Floyd
You Shook Me All Night Long - ACDC

And for a last 20 second closer, we picked

For those about to rock... ACDC - the cannons and Angus riffing along is hard to beat.

Any others that come to mind? I am sure there are a gagillion and work is a bit slow today.

**Woodsy** · 09-13-2004, 11:31 AM

Stones: Gimme Shelter- goose bumps every time

Johnny Cash: Ring of Fire mariachi horns are so hot

**Stu Gotz** · 09-13-2004, 11:39 AM

Wow - we didn't even think of the Stones.

And for that matter - Voodoo Child - Jimi Hendrix

That a pretty signature riff if there every was one.

**The AD** · 09-13-2004, 12:10 PM

One most of you won't know, but came to mind for me: "Texture" the song that leads off Catherine Wheel's Ferment album. Just a good, incendiary guitar intro. It sets the tone for the entire CD to follow.

One that everyone will know: "Baba O'Riley" by The Who.

**Vets** · 09-13-2004, 12:17 PM

"Lust For Life" - Iggy Pop

**Artie Fufkin** · 09-13-2004, 12:22 PM

Led Zepplin "Song Remains the Same"

Z · 09-13-2004, 12:25 PM

Metallica - For whom the bell tolls

**dipstik** · 09-13-2004, 01:02 PM

Black Sabbath - Iron Man

Danzig - Mother

Rammstein - Engel

Korn - Falling away from me

Judas Priest - Turbo Lover

Limp Bizkit - Faith

Whitesnake - Here I go again

**gincognito** · 09-13-2004, 07:42 PM

The answer is:

Guns'n'Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine.

Sick and ashamed and happy (and not one bit ashamed to rock out to the above),
d.

**Dexter Rutecki** · 09-13-2004, 07:54 PM

Welcome to the Jungle

Can't believe it wasn't up yet

Purple Haze for an interplanetary intro

Living Colour's "Cult of Personality"

**Sublime** · 09-13-2004, 09:22 PM

CKY 96 Quite Bitter Beings

**The AD** · 09-13-2004, 09:55 PM

Originally posted by gincognito
The answer is:

Guns'n'Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine.

I usually can't stand GNR, but gotta admit that intro is good.

**iceman** · 09-13-2004, 10:01 PM

Ozzie, "Crazy Train" (actually the only good part of the song)

Steve Miller Band "Space Cowboy"

Not two of my faves but two good intros.

**crashnburn'd** · 09-13-2004, 10:05 PM

Megadeth - Symphony of Destruction

I really don't like metal and it really isn't a long opening, but when I heard it for the first time I knew my radio should be louder.

Layla - Derek and the Dominoes version
Killing in the Name of - RATM
Give it Away - Red Hot Chili Pepers
I Know, Huh? - The Vandals (just because who expects pokla from a punk band)

edited to include other noteables IMHO....

**Buster Highmen** · 09-13-2004, 10:41 PM

Zappa - Willie The Pimp

Quicksilver Messenger Service - Who Do You Love?

Talking Heads - Crosseyed and Painless

Grateful Dead - Friend Of the Devil

Jefferson Airplane - 3/5 of a Mile In 10 Seconds.

Zappa - Peaches En Regalia

Moby - Random choice on Play

XTC - Making Plans For Nigel

Pretenders - Space Invaders

Clash - London Calling

New Order - Everything's Gone Green

Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart

Cream - Sunshine of Your Love

Cream - Spoonful

Robert Randolph - Goodtimes

Big Bad Beautiful Day - The Grand Camel Suite

Billy Cobham - Spectrum

**FNG** · 09-13-2004, 11:01 PM

A short list...

Beastie Boys - Sabatage
Audioslave - Cochise
Crystal Method - Name of the Game
Deftones - My Own Summer
Everclear - Santa Monica
George Thorogood - One Bourbon...
Korn - Blind
NWA - Fuck Tha Police
O'Jays - For the Love of Money
The Offspring - Come out and Play
Queen - Another One Bites the Dust
RATM - How I Could Just Kill a Man
Smashing Pumpkins - Bullet w/Butterfly Wings
Soundgarden - The Day I Tried to Live
Stone Temple Pilots - Wicked Garden
Tool - 46 & 2
Turbonegro - Age of Pamparius
Van Halen - Hot for Teacher
Weezer - Say it Ain't So/Only in Dreams
White Zombie - More Human than Human

**Game Over** · 09-14-2004, 12:57 AM

Shine On You Crazy Diamonds - Pink Floyd

**The AD** · 09-14-2004, 01:44 AM

Originally posted by Buster Highmen
New Order - Everything's Gone Green

I'll go with

New Order - The Perfect Kiss

**Canuk** · 09-14-2004, 02:56 PM

U2 - where the streets have no name
Sloan - money city mania (is that even the name of the song?)
Radiohead - no surprises

Dex - have to agree with the Living Color reference...I loved that alubm back in the day

**non grata** · 09-14-2004, 04:01 PM

nin - supernaut
radiohead - i might be wrong
cake - the distance

**Viva** · 09-14-2004, 05:11 PM

These come to mind:

Husker Du: Celebrated Summer

Jawbreaker: Down

Sativaluvbox: Thick Black Line

Beethoven: first movement, Fifth Symphony

Beethoven: first movement, Ninth Symphony

Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto One